Director and showrunner Mike Flanagan has always been a "listener" when understanding the human condition.
While his genre of choice has been horror, and primarily psychological horror at that, he has made a career out of listening to what people have to say about religion, guilt, insanity, and death.
He is as much a spiritual guru as a movie director.
Even from his early works, like Absentia and Oculus, one could see Flanagan as a visionary and an interactive designer, determined to deliver the audience an experience they crafted, a game, a nightmare they could vicariously live through archetypical characters.
He became even more crowd-pleaser with his first two ghostly mini-series, The Haunting of Hill House and The Haunting of Bly Manor.
These epic haunted tales blurred the lines between guilt and fear.
While Midnight Mass was Flanagan's most profound and brilliant work to date (deserving of an article all...
While his genre of choice has been horror, and primarily psychological horror at that, he has made a career out of listening to what people have to say about religion, guilt, insanity, and death.
He is as much a spiritual guru as a movie director.
Even from his early works, like Absentia and Oculus, one could see Flanagan as a visionary and an interactive designer, determined to deliver the audience an experience they crafted, a game, a nightmare they could vicariously live through archetypical characters.
He became even more crowd-pleaser with his first two ghostly mini-series, The Haunting of Hill House and The Haunting of Bly Manor.
These epic haunted tales blurred the lines between guilt and fear.
While Midnight Mass was Flanagan's most profound and brilliant work to date (deserving of an article all...
- 5/21/2024
- by Michael Arangua
- TVfanatic
Mia Bays, director of the BFI Filmmaking Fund, is extending her contract to October 2026, after initially taking up the post for three years.
“Change takes time, film is slow to evolve,” said Bays. “The more I thought about it at the midpoint [of the contract], the more I felt there was more for me to do. The team has changed, it’s all quite recent. You need longer to do the finessing of the evolution. I can still see some gaps. It felt like the right thing, so I proposed it, and the upper echelons of the BFI agreed.”
She does not plan...
“Change takes time, film is slow to evolve,” said Bays. “The more I thought about it at the midpoint [of the contract], the more I felt there was more for me to do. The team has changed, it’s all quite recent. You need longer to do the finessing of the evolution. I can still see some gaps. It felt like the right thing, so I proposed it, and the upper echelons of the BFI agreed.”
She does not plan...
- 5/18/2024
- ScreenDaily
Picturehouse managing director Clare Binns says the company’s move into film financing is due to a changing industry, in which Picturehouse can “help films actually get over the line.”
The distributor-exhibitor is kicking off its financing activities with Harry Lighton’s feature debut Pillion starring Alexander Skarsgard and Harry Melling, shooting this summer for Element Pictures, developed and co-financed by BBC Film.
Without revealing exact figures, Binns says Picturehouse put “a little bit into the pot” after Element sent Binns the script. This built on the strong relationship between Picturehouse and Element dating back to Yorgos Lanthimos’ 2015 The Lobster,...
The distributor-exhibitor is kicking off its financing activities with Harry Lighton’s feature debut Pillion starring Alexander Skarsgard and Harry Melling, shooting this summer for Element Pictures, developed and co-financed by BBC Film.
Without revealing exact figures, Binns says Picturehouse put “a little bit into the pot” after Element sent Binns the script. This built on the strong relationship between Picturehouse and Element dating back to Yorgos Lanthimos’ 2015 The Lobster,...
- 5/16/2024
- ScreenDaily
La película comenzará a rodarse este verano.
De acuerdo con Variety, Alexander Skarsgard y Harry Melling protagonizarán el romance queer “Pillion”, la ópera prima del director Harry Lighton que se basa en la novela de Adam Mars-Jones, “Box Hill”.
“Pillion” sigue a Colin (Melling), un chico marginado que deja pasar la vida hasta que Ray (Skarsgård), el atractivo líder de un club de moteros, lo toma como su sumiso. Ray desarraiga a Colin de su monótona vida suburbana, le introduce en una comunidad de moteros pervertidos y queer. A medida que Colin se adentra en el mundo de Ray, empieza a preguntarse si la vida de sumiso las 24 horas del día es para él. ¿Ha encontrado su vocación o simplemente ha cambiado una forma de asfixia por otra?
La película, descrita como un “romance divertido y sucio con corazón” se presentará en el mercado de Cannes y comenzará su rodaje...
De acuerdo con Variety, Alexander Skarsgard y Harry Melling protagonizarán el romance queer “Pillion”, la ópera prima del director Harry Lighton que se basa en la novela de Adam Mars-Jones, “Box Hill”.
“Pillion” sigue a Colin (Melling), un chico marginado que deja pasar la vida hasta que Ray (Skarsgård), el atractivo líder de un club de moteros, lo toma como su sumiso. Ray desarraiga a Colin de su monótona vida suburbana, le introduce en una comunidad de moteros pervertidos y queer. A medida que Colin se adentra en el mundo de Ray, empieza a preguntarse si la vida de sumiso las 24 horas del día es para él. ¿Ha encontrado su vocación o simplemente ha cambiado una forma de asfixia por otra?
La película, descrita como un “romance divertido y sucio con corazón” se presentará en el mercado de Cannes y comenzará su rodaje...
- 5/12/2024
- by Marta Medina
- mundoCine
Munro Film has acquired UK-Ireland distribution rights to R.J. Daniel Hanna’s Hard Miles starring Matthew Modine.
Modine stars as a coach of a group of incarcerated youngsters at a correctional school in Colorado, who he teaches to work together on a gruelling bike ride from Denver to the Grand Canyon.
Sean Astin, Cynthia Kaye McWilliams and Leslie David Baker star alongside Modine. Munro Film has set a UK-Ireland theatrical release for May 31, 2024.
The film played the US festival circuit in 2023, winning the People’s Choice Award at Denver International Film Festival. It is written by Hanna and Christian Sander,...
Modine stars as a coach of a group of incarcerated youngsters at a correctional school in Colorado, who he teaches to work together on a gruelling bike ride from Denver to the Grand Canyon.
Sean Astin, Cynthia Kaye McWilliams and Leslie David Baker star alongside Modine. Munro Film has set a UK-Ireland theatrical release for May 31, 2024.
The film played the US festival circuit in 2023, winning the People’s Choice Award at Denver International Film Festival. It is written by Hanna and Christian Sander,...
- 5/10/2024
- ScreenDaily
Heading into Cannes, where it has four films in official selection and three projects participating in the Great 8 showcase, BBC Film has unveiled further details about its upcoming slate.
Among new projects in advanced development is Remi Weekes’ follow-up to His House, which is being produced by Tanya Segatchian and John Woodward’s Bright Star. Details for the untitled feature are being kept under wraps but BBC Film director Eva Yates told Screen: “It’s not a horror.”
Also in advanced development is Raine Allen-Miller’s second feature after Rye Lane, a south London-set heist comedy that she has also written.
Among new projects in advanced development is Remi Weekes’ follow-up to His House, which is being produced by Tanya Segatchian and John Woodward’s Bright Star. Details for the untitled feature are being kept under wraps but BBC Film director Eva Yates told Screen: “It’s not a horror.”
Also in advanced development is Raine Allen-Miller’s second feature after Rye Lane, a south London-set heist comedy that she has also written.
- 5/10/2024
- ScreenDaily
The UK’s National Film and Television School (Nfts) has selected 20 executives for the 2024 edition of Inside Pictures, the film and television business training and development programme.
Participants include Swedish producer Erik Hemmendorff, who has made all of Ruben Ostlund’s feature films including Palme d’Or winners The Square and Triangle Of Sadness, through the duo’s Plattform Produktion.
Scroll down for the full list of participants
Also selected are Alex Gardener-Smith, head of commercial planning at Lionsgate UK; Charlotte Lopez, VP international sales at Studiocanal; and David Swetman, SVP content and commercial strategy at All3Media International.
Inside Pictures...
Participants include Swedish producer Erik Hemmendorff, who has made all of Ruben Ostlund’s feature films including Palme d’Or winners The Square and Triangle Of Sadness, through the duo’s Plattform Produktion.
Scroll down for the full list of participants
Also selected are Alex Gardener-Smith, head of commercial planning at Lionsgate UK; Charlotte Lopez, VP international sales at Studiocanal; and David Swetman, SVP content and commercial strategy at All3Media International.
Inside Pictures...
- 5/9/2024
- ScreenDaily
German directors Dani Levy and Wolfgang Becker have revealed more details of their next features as their joint production company X Filme Creative Pool undergoes a management restructure.
This will see director-producer Tom Tykwer take over from producer Stefan Arndt as the company’s joint managing director alongside Uwe Schott. Tywker founded the company with Levy, Becker and Arndt 30 years ago. Arndt plans to focus on producing.
Levy’s next feature Kochschule Schwarz is based on the true story about a restaurant owner and a lawyer who establish a cookery school in Munich in 1938 to offer fast-track courses to Jews...
This will see director-producer Tom Tykwer take over from producer Stefan Arndt as the company’s joint managing director alongside Uwe Schott. Tywker founded the company with Levy, Becker and Arndt 30 years ago. Arndt plans to focus on producing.
Levy’s next feature Kochschule Schwarz is based on the true story about a restaurant owner and a lawyer who establish a cookery school in Munich in 1938 to offer fast-track courses to Jews...
- 5/8/2024
- ScreenDaily
Alexander Skarsgård has signed on to co-star alongside Harry Melling (The Pale Blue Eye) in Pillion, a new feature from Poor Things producers Element Pictures being pitched as a “fun and filthy romance with heart.”
Harry Lighton, who directed the BAFTA-nominated short Wren Boys, will direct Pillion from his own script, which is inspired by Adam Mars-Jones’ 2019 novel Box Hill. Cornerstone is handling worldwide sales on the films and will pitch the project to buyers at the Cannes film market next week.
Melling plays Colin, a weedy wallflower who is letting life pass him by until he meets Ray (Skarsgård), an impossibly handsome leader of a motorbike club, who him on as his submissive. Ray uproots Colin from his dreary suburban life and introduces him to a community of kinky, queer bikers, but as Colin dives deeper into Ray’s world, he begins to question whether the life of a 24/7 submissive is really for him.
Harry Lighton, who directed the BAFTA-nominated short Wren Boys, will direct Pillion from his own script, which is inspired by Adam Mars-Jones’ 2019 novel Box Hill. Cornerstone is handling worldwide sales on the films and will pitch the project to buyers at the Cannes film market next week.
Melling plays Colin, a weedy wallflower who is letting life pass him by until he meets Ray (Skarsgård), an impossibly handsome leader of a motorbike club, who him on as his submissive. Ray uproots Colin from his dreary suburban life and introduces him to a community of kinky, queer bikers, but as Colin dives deeper into Ray’s world, he begins to question whether the life of a 24/7 submissive is really for him.
- 5/8/2024
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Alexander Skarsgard and Harry Melling are set to lead the cast of “Pillion,” described as a “fun and filthy romance with heart” and being produced by multi-Oscar-winning powerhouse Element Pictures.
The film — to be launched in Cannes by Cornerstone, which is handling worldwide sales — marks the feature debut of Harry Lighton, whose short “Wren Boys” was nominated for best British short at the 2018 BAFTAs, was nominated for a BIFA and had its U.S. premiere at the Sundance Film Festival.
“Pillion” follows Colin (Melling), a weedy wallflower letting life pass him by. That is until Ray (Skarsgård), the impossibly handsome leader of a motorbike club, takes him on as his submissive. Ray uproots Colin from his dreary suburban life, introducing him to a community of kinky, queer bikers and taking all sorts of virginities along the way. But as Colin steps deeper into Ray’s world of rules and mysteries,...
The film — to be launched in Cannes by Cornerstone, which is handling worldwide sales — marks the feature debut of Harry Lighton, whose short “Wren Boys” was nominated for best British short at the 2018 BAFTAs, was nominated for a BIFA and had its U.S. premiere at the Sundance Film Festival.
“Pillion” follows Colin (Melling), a weedy wallflower letting life pass him by. That is until Ray (Skarsgård), the impossibly handsome leader of a motorbike club, takes him on as his submissive. Ray uproots Colin from his dreary suburban life, introducing him to a community of kinky, queer bikers and taking all sorts of virginities along the way. But as Colin steps deeper into Ray’s world of rules and mysteries,...
- 5/8/2024
- by Alex Ritman
- Variety Film + TV
Harry Potter star Harry Melling and Alexander Skarsgard will star in Pillion, the debut feature of UK filmmaker Harry Lighton, produced by Element Pictures and shooting in the UK this summer.
Based on Adam Mars-Jones’ novel Box Hill, the film follows a romance between a shy young man and the handsome leader of a kinky, queer motorbike club.
Element Pictures’ Emma Norton, Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe will produce the film with Lee Groombridge.
Cornerstone Films is handling worldwide sales on the project, which it will launch at Cannes this month.
The film is backed by BBC Film, which developed the project,...
Based on Adam Mars-Jones’ novel Box Hill, the film follows a romance between a shy young man and the handsome leader of a kinky, queer motorbike club.
Element Pictures’ Emma Norton, Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe will produce the film with Lee Groombridge.
Cornerstone Films is handling worldwide sales on the project, which it will launch at Cannes this month.
The film is backed by BBC Film, which developed the project,...
- 5/8/2024
- ScreenDaily
On the indie side of filmmaking life, Sean Price Williams has seen it all. He’s worked with the Safdies, Alex Ross Perry, Nathan Silver, Robert Green, and Athina Rachel Tsangari, and often more than once. He’s the premier chronicler of New York City independent movies behind the camera, typically shooting on celluloid, and bringing surreal, gritty poetry to character-driven stories that feel on the ground like portraits of versions of ourselves.
One of the most unabashedly movie-loving cinematographers working today, Williams last year moved to directing for the sprawling, scratchy-edged tale of East Coast youth, “The Sweet East,” which remains in theaters and features stars like Jacob Elordi, Simon Rex, Jeremy O. Harris, and Ayo Edebiri.
But even more recently than that directorial debut, he released a “1000 Movies” book via Metrograph Editions, a simple, unadorned paperback that offers, rather than commentary, pages listing his favorite essential films and...
One of the most unabashedly movie-loving cinematographers working today, Williams last year moved to directing for the sprawling, scratchy-edged tale of East Coast youth, “The Sweet East,” which remains in theaters and features stars like Jacob Elordi, Simon Rex, Jeremy O. Harris, and Ayo Edebiri.
But even more recently than that directorial debut, he released a “1000 Movies” book via Metrograph Editions, a simple, unadorned paperback that offers, rather than commentary, pages listing his favorite essential films and...
- 5/7/2024
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
J.K. Rowling is an author who has made several generations happy with her Harry Potter series, which was later adapted into a successful movie series. A TV series adaptation is on the way, but while the series itself is still one of the most beloved ones, the author has been a topic of debate for several years now due to her views on the transgender community and their issues. Recently, the feud deepened as Rowling attacked Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson, the two stars of the movie series because they had criticized her in their comments.
In short, Rowling has been quite open about her opposition to the transgender movement, criticizing some of its postulates as degrading toward actual women. While the author has been criticized for her opinions, she remains firm in stating that she is simply defending basic women’s rights from potential abuse. This resulted in many...
In short, Rowling has been quite open about her opposition to the transgender movement, criticizing some of its postulates as degrading toward actual women. While the author has been criticized for her opinions, she remains firm in stating that she is simply defending basic women’s rights from potential abuse. This resulted in many...
- 4/12/2024
- by Arthur S. Poe
- Fiction Horizon
The BBC and Masterpiece PBS have revealed a first look at ‘Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light’, based on the final novel in Hilary Mantel’s multi-award-winning trilogy, as filming comes to a close.
The new pictures show Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell, Damian Lewis as King Henry VIII, Kate Phillips as Jane Seymour, Lilit Lesser as Princess Mary, Jonathan Pryce as Cardinal Wolsey, Harriet Walter as Lady Margaret Pole, Harry Melling as Thomas Wriothesley, Thomas Brodie-Sangster as Rafe Sadler, Timothy Spall as the Duke of Norfolk, Alex Jennings as Stephen Gardiner and Charlie Rowe as Gregory Cromwell.
Eagerly awaited and years in the making, the series will trace the final four years of Cromwell’s life, completing his journey from a self-made man to the most feared, influential figure of his time. Cromwell is as complex as he is unforgettable: a politician and a fixer, a diplomat and a father,...
The new pictures show Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell, Damian Lewis as King Henry VIII, Kate Phillips as Jane Seymour, Lilit Lesser as Princess Mary, Jonathan Pryce as Cardinal Wolsey, Harriet Walter as Lady Margaret Pole, Harry Melling as Thomas Wriothesley, Thomas Brodie-Sangster as Rafe Sadler, Timothy Spall as the Duke of Norfolk, Alex Jennings as Stephen Gardiner and Charlie Rowe as Gregory Cromwell.
Eagerly awaited and years in the making, the series will trace the final four years of Cromwell’s life, completing his journey from a self-made man to the most feared, influential figure of his time. Cromwell is as complex as he is unforgettable: a politician and a fixer, a diplomat and a father,...
- 4/4/2024
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Masterpiece PBS and the BBC have released first-look photos from Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light, an adaptation of the final novel in Hilary Mantel’s award-winning trilogy.
Mark Rylance is reprising his role as Thomas Cromwell, while Damian Lewis is back as King Henry VIII. Also returning are Jonathan Pryce as Cardinal Wolsey, Kate Phillips as Henry VIII’s third wife Jane Seymour and Lilit Lesser as Princess Mary, the daughter of Henry and his first wife Catherine of Aragon.
The drama also stars Harry Melling as Thomas Wriothesley, Thomas Brodie-Sangster as Rafe Sadler, Timothy Spall as the Duke of Norfolk, Alex Jennings as Stephen Gardiner and Charlie Rowe as Gregory Cromwell.
Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light will trace the final four years of Cromwell’s life, completing his journey from self-made man to the most feared, influential figure of his time.
Mantel died in 2022 at...
Mark Rylance is reprising his role as Thomas Cromwell, while Damian Lewis is back as King Henry VIII. Also returning are Jonathan Pryce as Cardinal Wolsey, Kate Phillips as Henry VIII’s third wife Jane Seymour and Lilit Lesser as Princess Mary, the daughter of Henry and his first wife Catherine of Aragon.
The drama also stars Harry Melling as Thomas Wriothesley, Thomas Brodie-Sangster as Rafe Sadler, Timothy Spall as the Duke of Norfolk, Alex Jennings as Stephen Gardiner and Charlie Rowe as Gregory Cromwell.
Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light will trace the final four years of Cromwell’s life, completing his journey from self-made man to the most feared, influential figure of his time.
Mantel died in 2022 at...
- 4/3/2024
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
The long-awaited adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s novel “The Mirror and the Light” has wrapped.
In the first images from the production, released by the BBC and Masterpiece PBS, Kate Phillips can be seen reprising her role as King Henry VIII’s third wife Jane Seymour, while Mark Rylance returns as the king’s chief advisor Thomas Cromwell and Damien Lewis as the king himself.
Based on the final novel in Mantel’s award-winning “Wolf Hall” trilogy, which follows the rise and fall of Cromwell, the new images come some 18 months after Mantel’s sudden death at the age of 70.
Kate Phillips as Jane Seymour in ‘Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light’
“Cromwell, a man with only his wits to rely on, has no great family to back him, and no private army,” reads the logline. “Navigating the moral complexities that accompany the exercise of power in this brutal and bloody time,...
In the first images from the production, released by the BBC and Masterpiece PBS, Kate Phillips can be seen reprising her role as King Henry VIII’s third wife Jane Seymour, while Mark Rylance returns as the king’s chief advisor Thomas Cromwell and Damien Lewis as the king himself.
Based on the final novel in Mantel’s award-winning “Wolf Hall” trilogy, which follows the rise and fall of Cromwell, the new images come some 18 months after Mantel’s sudden death at the age of 70.
Kate Phillips as Jane Seymour in ‘Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light’
“Cromwell, a man with only his wits to rely on, has no great family to back him, and no private army,” reads the logline. “Navigating the moral complexities that accompany the exercise of power in this brutal and bloody time,...
- 4/3/2024
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
UK outfit Bankside has boarded world sales on Brides, the debut feature from acclaimed theatre director and Screen Star of Tomorrow 2023 Nadia Fall, as production wraps.
The film, which shot in Wales, Turkey and Italy, stars newcomer Ebada Hassan and Layla’s Safiyya Ingar as two teenage girls in 2015, in search of freedom, friendship and belonging, who run away from their troubled lives in a seaside town with a misguided plan of travelling to Syria.
Nicky Bentham produces through London-based Neon Films, alongside Marica Stocchi of Rome-based Rosamont. Catryn Ramasut and Alice Lusher of Cardiff’s ie ie productions are co-producers.
The film, which shot in Wales, Turkey and Italy, stars newcomer Ebada Hassan and Layla’s Safiyya Ingar as two teenage girls in 2015, in search of freedom, friendship and belonging, who run away from their troubled lives in a seaside town with a misguided plan of travelling to Syria.
Nicky Bentham produces through London-based Neon Films, alongside Marica Stocchi of Rome-based Rosamont. Catryn Ramasut and Alice Lusher of Cardiff’s ie ie productions are co-producers.
- 2/16/2024
- ScreenDaily
Goodnight Mommy filmmakers Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala, whose The Devil’s Bath premieres in Berlinale Competition on February 20, will co-direct and adapt the horror feature A Head Full Of Ghosts.
Fifth Season are financing development and production on the project, based on Paul Tremblay’s Bram Stoker Award-winning 2015 novel.
Team Downey and The Allegiance Theater are producing the story about a young woman who is asked by a journalist to tell her version of events from 15 years earlier when as a teenager she showed signs of acute schizophrenia and her suburban family reluctantly became the subjects of a reality TV show.
Fifth Season are financing development and production on the project, based on Paul Tremblay’s Bram Stoker Award-winning 2015 novel.
Team Downey and The Allegiance Theater are producing the story about a young woman who is asked by a journalist to tell her version of events from 15 years earlier when as a teenager she showed signs of acute schizophrenia and her suburban family reluctantly became the subjects of a reality TV show.
- 2/15/2024
- ScreenDaily
The Queen’s Gambit’s Harry Melling and Blue Jean star Rosy McEwen have joined Caleb Landry-Jones in Greek filmmaker Athina Rachel Tsangari’s Harvest, as The Match Factory reveals a first look and launches sales at the European Film Market (EFM).
Further cast includes Arinzé Kene, Thalissa Teixeira and Frank Dillane.
Over seven hallucinatory days, a village with no name, in an undefined time, disappears. A townsman-turned-farmer and benevolent lord of the manor (Melling) are childhood friends about to face an invasion from the modernity of the outside world, in this neo-Western.
The feature was written by Joslyn Barnes and Tsangari,...
Further cast includes Arinzé Kene, Thalissa Teixeira and Frank Dillane.
Over seven hallucinatory days, a village with no name, in an undefined time, disappears. A townsman-turned-farmer and benevolent lord of the manor (Melling) are childhood friends about to face an invasion from the modernity of the outside world, in this neo-Western.
The feature was written by Joslyn Barnes and Tsangari,...
- 2/15/2024
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Greenwich Entertainment picked up U.S. distribution rights to the Tel Aviv-set political thriller Shoshana from BAFTA-winning filmmaker Michael Winterbottom.
The pic, which debuted at TIFF before playing the London Film Festival, was written by Laurence Coriat, Paul Viragh, and Winterbottom. Cast includes Irina Starshenbaum (Leto), Douglas Booth (That Dirty Black Bag), and Harry Melling (The Pale Blue Eye). Greenwich will release the film next year.
Inspired by real events, Shoshana is a political thriller set in 1930s Tel Aviv. Thomas Wilkin, who works in the anti-terrorist squad of the British Palestine Police Force, is in love with Shoshana Borochov. Through their relationship the film explores the way extremism and violence drive a wedge between people, forcing them to choose sides.
Shoshana is an Italian-uk coproduction between Vision Distribution, Revolution Films, and Bartlebyfilm. Producers on the film include Melissa Parmenter, Massimo Di Rocco, Josh Hyams,...
The pic, which debuted at TIFF before playing the London Film Festival, was written by Laurence Coriat, Paul Viragh, and Winterbottom. Cast includes Irina Starshenbaum (Leto), Douglas Booth (That Dirty Black Bag), and Harry Melling (The Pale Blue Eye). Greenwich will release the film next year.
Inspired by real events, Shoshana is a political thriller set in 1930s Tel Aviv. Thomas Wilkin, who works in the anti-terrorist squad of the British Palestine Police Force, is in love with Shoshana Borochov. Through their relationship the film explores the way extremism and violence drive a wedge between people, forcing them to choose sides.
Shoshana is an Italian-uk coproduction between Vision Distribution, Revolution Films, and Bartlebyfilm. Producers on the film include Melissa Parmenter, Massimo Di Rocco, Josh Hyams,...
- 12/14/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
A few more returns and more than two dozen (!) new bits of casting have been announced for the second/final season of Wolf Hall.
Masterpiece PBS and the BBC previously announced that the six-episode Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light, based on the final novel in Hilary Mantel’s award-winning trilogy, will bring back Mark Rylance, Damian Lewis, Jonathan Pryce, Kate Phillips and Lilit Lesser.
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This Monday morning,...
Masterpiece PBS and the BBC previously announced that the six-episode Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light, based on the final novel in Hilary Mantel’s award-winning trilogy, will bring back Mark Rylance, Damian Lewis, Jonathan Pryce, Kate Phillips and Lilit Lesser.
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This Monday morning,...
- 12/4/2023
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Wolf Hall is coming back and bringing Harriet Walter, Timothy Spall and Harry Melling along for the ride.
The trio are joining the cast alongside the likes of Mark Rylance, Damian Lewis, Jonathan Pryce, Kate Phillips and Lilit Lesser in the period drama for the BBC and Masterpiece PBS.
The six-part series is currently filming across the UK.
Succession star Walter will play Lady Margaret Pole, while Mr Turner star Spall is the Duke of Norfolk and Melling (The Queen’s Gambit) plays Thomas Wriothesley.
Mark Rylance will reprise his role as Thomas Cromwell, while Damian Lewis will return as King Henry VIII. Also returning are Jonathan Pryce as Cardinal Wolsey, Kate Phillips as Henry VIII’s third wife Jane Seymour and Lilit Lesser as Princess Mary, the daughter of Henry and his first wife Catherine of Aragon.
Harry Melling (Courtesy)
Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light will trace the...
The trio are joining the cast alongside the likes of Mark Rylance, Damian Lewis, Jonathan Pryce, Kate Phillips and Lilit Lesser in the period drama for the BBC and Masterpiece PBS.
The six-part series is currently filming across the UK.
Succession star Walter will play Lady Margaret Pole, while Mr Turner star Spall is the Duke of Norfolk and Melling (The Queen’s Gambit) plays Thomas Wriothesley.
Mark Rylance will reprise his role as Thomas Cromwell, while Damian Lewis will return as King Henry VIII. Also returning are Jonathan Pryce as Cardinal Wolsey, Kate Phillips as Henry VIII’s third wife Jane Seymour and Lilit Lesser as Princess Mary, the daughter of Henry and his first wife Catherine of Aragon.
Harry Melling (Courtesy)
Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light will trace the...
- 12/4/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Red Bull Studios and London-based Featuristic Films have partnered on “Art of the Jump,” a feature documentary about the life and career of Sébastien Foucan, a well-known French athlete.
Directed by James Kermack, the documentary follows Foucan’s humble upbringing in the French suburb of Lisses to sports stardom. Foucan is known for participating in extreme sports such as freerunning and parkour, where he crosses obstacles through the use of running, jumping, climbing and rolling.
The film is produced by Julien Loeffler and James Kermack for Featuristic Films and Philipp Manderla and Dominique Cutts for Red Bull Studios. Production on the film recently wrapped after shooting across the U.K. and France.
“Sébastien Foucan’s story is a testament to the power of determination, innovation and the relentless pursuit of one’s dreams, dreams that ultimately come at a cost,” said Kermack, who described Foucan as “a man who refuses...
Directed by James Kermack, the documentary follows Foucan’s humble upbringing in the French suburb of Lisses to sports stardom. Foucan is known for participating in extreme sports such as freerunning and parkour, where he crosses obstacles through the use of running, jumping, climbing and rolling.
The film is produced by Julien Loeffler and James Kermack for Featuristic Films and Philipp Manderla and Dominique Cutts for Red Bull Studios. Production on the film recently wrapped after shooting across the U.K. and France.
“Sébastien Foucan’s story is a testament to the power of determination, innovation and the relentless pursuit of one’s dreams, dreams that ultimately come at a cost,” said Kermack, who described Foucan as “a man who refuses...
- 11/13/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Soberly relevant in light of the current Israel-Hamas conflict, filmmaker Michael Winterbottom takes us back to the pre-1948 establishment of the state of Israel and early rise of Zionist activism, as told through a love story between a Jew and a Brit. Shoshana is an ambitious project as it weaves action sequences with socio-political ideas of the era with some degree of success – greatly helped by its protagonists’ professions that allow greater insight into the region’s developing unrest.
Set in 1930s’ cosmopolitan Tel Aviv, Shoshana (Irina Starshenbaum) casually meets Englishman Thomas Wilkins (Douglas Booth) at a party, who is assigned to the Palestinian police force, and they begin an affair. Their union is doomed from the beginning as work and social alliances threaten journalist Shoshana’s wellbeing, while Wilkins investigates escalating violence against Arabs from various Zionist militant factions and puts himself in danger’s path.
At the same...
Set in 1930s’ cosmopolitan Tel Aviv, Shoshana (Irina Starshenbaum) casually meets Englishman Thomas Wilkins (Douglas Booth) at a party, who is assigned to the Palestinian police force, and they begin an affair. Their union is doomed from the beginning as work and social alliances threaten journalist Shoshana’s wellbeing, while Wilkins investigates escalating violence against Arabs from various Zionist militant factions and puts himself in danger’s path.
At the same...
- 11/1/2023
- by Lisa Giles-Keddie
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Lessons in Chemistry is a drama miniseries developed for television by Lee Eisenberg. Based on a novel of the same name by Bonnie Garmus, the Apple TV+ series is set in 1960s America and it revolves around Elizabeth Zott, who has always dreamed of being a scientist but because of the patriarchal society she is denied her dream. That’s when he accepts a job on a TV cooking show and teaches the housewives of the nation way more than recipes. Lessons in Chemistry stars Brie Larson in the lead role with Lewis Pullman, Stephanie Koenig, Kevin Bussman, Aja Naomi King, and Thomas Mann starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the Apple TV+ series here are some similar shows you could watch next.
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Prime Video) Credit – Prime Video
Synopsis: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel from renowned creator Amy Sherman-Palladino (Gilmore Girls) and Executive Producer Daniel Palladino...
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Prime Video) Credit – Prime Video
Synopsis: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel from renowned creator Amy Sherman-Palladino (Gilmore Girls) and Executive Producer Daniel Palladino...
- 10/14/2023
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
’Shoshana’ world premiered at Toronto, ahead of screenings at Dinard film festival and BFI London Film Festival.
Michael Winterbottom is one of the UK’s more prolific independent filmmakers, with over 30 features to his name across a 35-year career – but his latest, Shoshana, has been rather a slow burn.
The drama, based on real people and events, premiered in Toronto, before playing in French festival of UK and Irish film Dinard, and will have its UK premiere at BFI London Film Festival on October 7.
It is set in 1930s Tel Aviv, as violence erupt in the British Mandate for Palestine,...
Michael Winterbottom is one of the UK’s more prolific independent filmmakers, with over 30 features to his name across a 35-year career – but his latest, Shoshana, has been rather a slow burn.
The drama, based on real people and events, premiered in Toronto, before playing in French festival of UK and Irish film Dinard, and will have its UK premiere at BFI London Film Festival on October 7.
It is set in 1930s Tel Aviv, as violence erupt in the British Mandate for Palestine,...
- 10/4/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Britain’s official post-wwi administration of Palestine lasted from 1920-48 and is probably the UK colonial enterprise least addressed by its fiction filmmakers. But now prolific writer-director Michael Winterbottom uses that complicated era as a backdrop to the compelling historical romance “Shoshana.” A passion project 15 years in the making and based on real people and events, the film employs the ill-fated, cross-cultural relationship between a ranking member of the British Palestine Police Force and a young Jewish woman to explore the way extremism and violence push people apart, forcing them to choose sides.
It’s worth noting upfront that while the British rulers had to deal with both Palestine’s Arab and Jewish citizens, each of whom want an independent country, the narrative here hews firmly to a British and Jewish p.o.v., with Arabs barely characterized except as victims and troublemakers. By the 1930s, Palestine is a cauldron...
It’s worth noting upfront that while the British rulers had to deal with both Palestine’s Arab and Jewish citizens, each of whom want an independent country, the narrative here hews firmly to a British and Jewish p.o.v., with Arabs barely characterized except as victims and troublemakers. By the 1930s, Palestine is a cauldron...
- 9/17/2023
- by Alissa Simon
- Variety Film + TV
A Haunting in Venice is the third entry in Kenneth Branagh‘s Hercule Poirot film franchise. Directed by Branagh himself from a screenplay by Michael Green, the film is based on a 1969 novel titled Hallowe’en Party by Agatha Christie. A Haunting in Venice sees the return of Hercule Poirot as he takes on another murder mystery during a Halloween Seance at a haunted palazzo in Venice, Italy. So, if you loved A Haunting in Venice here are some similar movies you should check out next.
The Pale Blue Eye (Netflix) Credit – Netflix
Synopsis: West Point, 1830. In the early hours of a gray winter morning, a cadet is found dead. But after the body arrives at the morgue, tragedy becomes savagery when it’s discovered that the young man’s heart has been skillfully removed. Fearing irreparable damage to the fledgling military academy, its leaders turn to a local detective,...
The Pale Blue Eye (Netflix) Credit – Netflix
Synopsis: West Point, 1830. In the early hours of a gray winter morning, a cadet is found dead. But after the body arrives at the morgue, tragedy becomes savagery when it’s discovered that the young man’s heart has been skillfully removed. Fearing irreparable damage to the fledgling military academy, its leaders turn to a local detective,...
- 9/16/2023
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
’Silent Roar’, ‘Shoshana’ and ’How To Have Sex’ will also play at the French seaside festival that spotlights UK and Irish cinema.
France’s Dinard Festival of British Film has unveiled the line-up of its 34th edition, which includes Cannes titles Ken Loach’s The Old Oak, Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone Of Interest and Molly Manning Walker’s How To Have Sex.
Also on the line-up is Charlotte Regan’s Sundance title Scrapper. The comedy drama stars Harris Dickinson and follows a young girl forced to confront reality when her estranged father returns, and is currently on release in...
France’s Dinard Festival of British Film has unveiled the line-up of its 34th edition, which includes Cannes titles Ken Loach’s The Old Oak, Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone Of Interest and Molly Manning Walker’s How To Have Sex.
Also on the line-up is Charlotte Regan’s Sundance title Scrapper. The comedy drama stars Harris Dickinson and follows a young girl forced to confront reality when her estranged father returns, and is currently on release in...
- 8/31/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Four years after his last full-length feature — the black comedy Greed, starring Steve Coogan as a venal business tycoon — Michael Winterbottom is back, this time with a political drama set in Tel Aviv, based on real-life people and events that occurred during the 1930s, in the run-up to the foundation of Israel in 1948.
Making its world premiere next week at the Toronto International Film Festival, it stars newcomer Irina Starshenbaum as the title character, a newspaper journalist with strong leftist leanings and ties to underground Jewish groups. Against the odds, Shoshana is romantically involved with Tom Wilkin (Douglas Booth), whose job as an assistant superintendent with the British Palestine Police puts him in conflict with outlawed organizations such as Irgun and Lehi.
The couple’s unlikely relationship is called into question by the arrival of Geoffrey Morton (Harry Melling), who comes to head up the anti-terrorist squad and, specifically,...
Making its world premiere next week at the Toronto International Film Festival, it stars newcomer Irina Starshenbaum as the title character, a newspaper journalist with strong leftist leanings and ties to underground Jewish groups. Against the odds, Shoshana is romantically involved with Tom Wilkin (Douglas Booth), whose job as an assistant superintendent with the British Palestine Police puts him in conflict with outlawed organizations such as Irgun and Lehi.
The couple’s unlikely relationship is called into question by the arrival of Geoffrey Morton (Harry Melling), who comes to head up the anti-terrorist squad and, specifically,...
- 8/30/2023
- by Damon Wise
- Deadline Film + TV
Summer is here, and while the heat might make you sweat, Netflix has the perfect chilling remedy. We've scoured the depths of horror streaming to bring you the ultimate list of the most popular and spine-tingling movies currently haunting Netflix. Get ready to scream, laugh, and question your life choices as we countdown the 10 Most Popular Horror Movies Streaming on Netflix (US) that will keep you glued to your couch all summer long.
Marcell Piti/Sony Pictures 10. The Invitation (2022)
Prepare to step into a nightmare as we kick off our countdown with The Invitation. When Evie receives an invitation to a luxurious wedding, she discovers that her newfound family harbors sinister intentions. As secrets unravel and tensions rise, this psychological thriller will keep you on the edge of your seat, questioning the true nature of the gathering and the terrifying secrets that lie beneath.
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Marcell Piti/Sony Pictures 10. The Invitation (2022)
Prepare to step into a nightmare as we kick off our countdown with The Invitation. When Evie receives an invitation to a luxurious wedding, she discovers that her newfound family harbors sinister intentions. As secrets unravel and tensions rise, this psychological thriller will keep you on the edge of your seat, questioning the true nature of the gathering and the terrifying secrets that lie beneath.
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- 6/26/2023
- by Kimberley Elizabeth
The “Old Guard” sequel starring Charlize Theron doesn’t even have an official release date, but a third installment may already be brewing. “There’s an ending to No. 2 that kind of demands a No. 3, which makes me very happy,” producer Marc Evans told me at the premiere of “The Mother,” Netflix’s new Jennifer Lopez action movie.
In “The Old Guard 2,” Theron reprises her role as the leader of a group of immortal mercenaries, and Marwan Kenzari and Luca Marinelli return as gay couple Joe and Nicky. “You’re going to see more story of Joe and Nicky,” Evans assured.
After pandemic delays, filming began on the sequel, with Victoria Mahoney directing, about a year ago. Asked if Theron was contracted for a third movie, Evans would only say, “Charlize is a producer on the movie and deeply supportive of the franchise.”
“The Old Guard,” directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood,...
In “The Old Guard 2,” Theron reprises her role as the leader of a group of immortal mercenaries, and Marwan Kenzari and Luca Marinelli return as gay couple Joe and Nicky. “You’re going to see more story of Joe and Nicky,” Evans assured.
After pandemic delays, filming began on the sequel, with Victoria Mahoney directing, about a year ago. Asked if Theron was contracted for a third movie, Evans would only say, “Charlize is a producer on the movie and deeply supportive of the franchise.”
“The Old Guard,” directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood,...
- 5/18/2023
- by Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
Few literary figures have achieved the same kind of pop culture afterlife as Edgar Allan Poe. Much like Franz Kafka, the idea of Poe has become conflated with the writer's most famous works: The tragic, haunted figure, scribbling away feverishly by candlelight, only pausing occasionally to fling open the shutters of his window and gaze out into the night beyond with fear and trepidation.
This romantic notion makes Poe an intriguing character who has carried well into other mediums. There are hundreds of comics based on the author and/or his works (even teaming up with the Dark Knight in "Batman: Nevermore"), as well as stage plays, radio shows, books, and, of course, movies. The controversial master of silent cinema, D.W. Griffith, directed the first film based on the author, "Edgar Allan Poe," back in 1909, and actors including Joseph Cotton, Klaus Kinski, and Ben Chaplin have all played the gloomy author on screen.
This romantic notion makes Poe an intriguing character who has carried well into other mediums. There are hundreds of comics based on the author and/or his works (even teaming up with the Dark Knight in "Batman: Nevermore"), as well as stage plays, radio shows, books, and, of course, movies. The controversial master of silent cinema, D.W. Griffith, directed the first film based on the author, "Edgar Allan Poe," back in 1909, and actors including Joseph Cotton, Klaus Kinski, and Ben Chaplin have all played the gloomy author on screen.
- 4/8/2023
- by Lee Adams
- Slash Film
Close-Up is a feature that spotlights films now playing on Mubi. Amanda Kramer's Please Baby Please is showing exclusively on Mubi starting March 3, 2023, in the United States, and March 31, 2023, in most countries in the series The New Auteurs.It says a lot that Amanda Kramer’s new film frequently features the tinkly strains of the Skyliners’ 1958 song “Since I Don’t Have You”: it has a woozily helpless romantic masochism that’s long since been discouraged by contemporary thinking about partnership. Although it may not actually take romantic suffering as its thesis, Please Baby Please—another title reminiscent of a yearning-filled doo-wop track—does embody that song’s aura of lyrical self-flagellation in a host of surprising and bold ways. Kramer’s film retools the gendered conventions around sacrifice and control in a partnership, allowing that audio cue to exemplify the paradox of power and sex in romantic love.
- 3/31/2023
- MUBI
It may feel like we’re heading into our sixth month of winter, but whatever the weather says, spring is technically here.
Ringing in April (hopefully sans showers), The Independent’s team of critics and culture editors have hand-selected the very best TV series, films, music, exhibitions, books and theatre to enjoy over the weekend.
Chief art critic Mark Hudson heads to Dundee to learn about the history of tartan in Scotland, while TV editor Ellie Harrison checks out comedy queen Daisy May Cooper’s most serious role to date in Rain Dogs. In the film arena, Adam White celebrates both artsy Mubi releases (Please Baby Please) and surprisingly good blockbusters (Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves). Music editor Roisin O’Connor sings the praises of indie supergroup boygenius’s edgily titled five-star album the record. Arts editor Jessie Thompson delves into pop music’s recent past with Michael Cragg’s...
Ringing in April (hopefully sans showers), The Independent’s team of critics and culture editors have hand-selected the very best TV series, films, music, exhibitions, books and theatre to enjoy over the weekend.
Chief art critic Mark Hudson heads to Dundee to learn about the history of tartan in Scotland, while TV editor Ellie Harrison checks out comedy queen Daisy May Cooper’s most serious role to date in Rain Dogs. In the film arena, Adam White celebrates both artsy Mubi releases (Please Baby Please) and surprisingly good blockbusters (Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves). Music editor Roisin O’Connor sings the praises of indie supergroup boygenius’s edgily titled five-star album the record. Arts editor Jessie Thompson delves into pop music’s recent past with Michael Cragg’s...
- 3/31/2023
- by Culture Staff,Mark Hudson,Jessie Thompson,Adam White,Ellie Harrison and Roisin O'Connor
- The Independent - TV
Riseborough and Harry Melling play a couple who get off on violence in an oddball, over-saturated thriller with a surprise cameo from Demi Moore
A rocky-horror sexual awakening is promised in Amanda Kramer’s initially interesting but ultimately laborious queer reverie of 50s and 60s style, like a theatrical daydream as experienced by Anybodys, from West Side Story. The long dissolve fades and blue-lit nightclub scenes are amusingly Lynchian, as is the very stylish and all-too-brief cameo from Demi Moore as a mysterious and worldly neighbour called Maureen. But the film feels over-determined and self-satisfied.
Andrea Riseborough and Harry Melling play Suze and Arthur, a couple with liberal, bohemian tastes who live in a rough part of town and like going to beatnik poetry clubs. But passionate, slinky Suze is unsatisfied with her milksop husband Arthur; he rejects caveman masculinity and quotes Hamlet: “Man delights not me, no nor...
A rocky-horror sexual awakening is promised in Amanda Kramer’s initially interesting but ultimately laborious queer reverie of 50s and 60s style, like a theatrical daydream as experienced by Anybodys, from West Side Story. The long dissolve fades and blue-lit nightclub scenes are amusingly Lynchian, as is the very stylish and all-too-brief cameo from Demi Moore as a mysterious and worldly neighbour called Maureen. But the film feels over-determined and self-satisfied.
Andrea Riseborough and Harry Melling play Suze and Arthur, a couple with liberal, bohemian tastes who live in a rough part of town and like going to beatnik poetry clubs. But passionate, slinky Suze is unsatisfied with her milksop husband Arthur; he rejects caveman masculinity and quotes Hamlet: “Man delights not me, no nor...
- 3/27/2023
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Exclusive: Esteemed indie filmmaker Drake Doremus (Like Crazy) is making his first major move into television with the series One Day in December in development at Netflix, which has Lucy Boynton (Bohemian Rhapsody) attached to exec produce and star, according to multiple sources.
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Netflix declined to comment, and the show’s studio Fifth Season could not be reached. But the romantic drama series is based on the Josie Silver novel of the same name, which was a hotly pursued property after coming in as both #1 New York Times bestseller and a Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick, upon its 2018 publication by Random House.
The book tells the story of Laurie, who per the publisher,...
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Netflix declined to comment, and the show’s studio Fifth Season could not be reached. But the romantic drama series is based on the Josie Silver novel of the same name, which was a hotly pursued property after coming in as both #1 New York Times bestseller and a Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick, upon its 2018 publication by Random House.
The book tells the story of Laurie, who per the publisher,...
- 3/15/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Audiences are returning to Derry.
HBO Max announced an “It” prequel is in the works at the network.
Based on the Steven King film franchise from 2017, the “Welcome to Derry” series will based on a story by Andy Muschietti, Barbara Muschietti, and Jason Fuchs, the minds behind the first two films in the franchise. Muschietti will also be directing several episodes including the premiere episode.
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The official logline reads: “Set in the world of Stephen King’s “It” universe, Welcome To Derry (wt) is based on King’s “It” novel and expands the vision established by filmmaker Andy Muschietti in the feature films “It” and “It Chapter Two.”
“As teenagers, we took turns reading chapters of Stephen King’s ‘It’ until the thick paperback fell to pieces. ‘It’ is an epic story that contains multitudes,...
HBO Max announced an “It” prequel is in the works at the network.
Based on the Steven King film franchise from 2017, the “Welcome to Derry” series will based on a story by Andy Muschietti, Barbara Muschietti, and Jason Fuchs, the minds behind the first two films in the franchise. Muschietti will also be directing several episodes including the premiere episode.
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The official logline reads: “Set in the world of Stephen King’s “It” universe, Welcome To Derry (wt) is based on King’s “It” novel and expands the vision established by filmmaker Andy Muschietti in the feature films “It” and “It Chapter Two.”
“As teenagers, we took turns reading chapters of Stephen King’s ‘It’ until the thick paperback fell to pieces. ‘It’ is an epic story that contains multitudes,...
- 2/23/2023
- by Anita Tai
- ET Canada
Harry Melling is ready to leave Dudley Dursley behind, and it’s tough to blame him. Granted, this character did give him a career. From a young age, he was seen as the snotty little boy that tormented Harry Potter. He was spoiled rotten and was just about as bad as the book version. But wanting to move past this character wasn’t easy to do. This is the role that made him famous, after all. Dudley was the kid people loved to hate in the Harry Potter series. Apart from Draco Malfoy, it’s fair to state that Dudley is one of
Harry Melling is Ready to Leave Dudley Dursley Behind...
Harry Melling is Ready to Leave Dudley Dursley Behind...
- 2/19/2023
- by Tom Foster
- TVovermind.com
Years after playing Dudley Dursley in the "Harry Potter" franchise, Harry Melling now finds himself a consistent collaborator with Joel and Ethan Coen. The actor appeared in one of the short films featured in "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs," before reuniting with one half of the Coen Brothers for "The Tragedy of Macbeth." He has appeared in a myriad of projects since his child acting days, but his collaborations with the Coens have helped to further cement his potential as a leading man.
Since his role in "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs," Melling has quietly risen to the top of the acting sheet on several acclaimed projects from Netflix. He appeared in a supporting capacity in "The Devil All the Time," the uber-popular drama series "The Queen's Gambit," and in "The Old Guard." Mostly recently, he starred in Netflix's latest period film "The Pale Blue Eye" as Edgar Allen Poe...
Since his role in "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs," Melling has quietly risen to the top of the acting sheet on several acclaimed projects from Netflix. He appeared in a supporting capacity in "The Devil All the Time," the uber-popular drama series "The Queen's Gambit," and in "The Old Guard." Mostly recently, he starred in Netflix's latest period film "The Pale Blue Eye" as Edgar Allen Poe...
- 2/10/2023
- by Marcos Melendez
- Slash Film
The Emmy award-winning Australian series “First Day” is now available to watch in Canada.
Since its debut in March 2020, the popular children’s television series about Hannah Bradford (Evie Macdonald), a transgender girl in her second year of high school, has captured the hearts of audiences from around the world.
The popular mini series, which screens overseas in over a dozen countries, made its Canadian premiere on Wednesday by streaming exclusively in Canada on CBC Gem.
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“First Day”- Olivia (Elena Liu), Hannah (Evie Macdonald) and Natalie (Nandini Rajagopal) ride on the carousel at the amusement arcade on a night out together. — Photo: Matt Byrne “First Day”- Hannah (Evie Macdonald) steals one of Billy’s (Jackson Evans) cookies in Food Tech. — Photo: Matt Byrne
Now in its second season, “First Day” explores what life is like...
Since its debut in March 2020, the popular children’s television series about Hannah Bradford (Evie Macdonald), a transgender girl in her second year of high school, has captured the hearts of audiences from around the world.
The popular mini series, which screens overseas in over a dozen countries, made its Canadian premiere on Wednesday by streaming exclusively in Canada on CBC Gem.
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“First Day”- Olivia (Elena Liu), Hannah (Evie Macdonald) and Natalie (Nandini Rajagopal) ride on the carousel at the amusement arcade on a night out together. — Photo: Matt Byrne “First Day”- Hannah (Evie Macdonald) steals one of Billy’s (Jackson Evans) cookies in Food Tech. — Photo: Matt Byrne
Now in its second season, “First Day” explores what life is like...
- 2/2/2023
- by Melissa Romualdi
- ET Canada
Take a look at new footage from the period, horror mystery feature "The Pale Blue Eye" , written and directed by Scott Cooper, adapting the 2006 novel by Louis Bayard, starring Christian Bale, Harry Melling, Gillian Anderson, Lucy Boynton, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Toby Jones, Harry Lawtey, Simon McBurney, Timothy Spall and Robert Duvall, now streaming on Netflix:
"...in 1830, detective 'Augustus Landor' investigates a series of killings at the US Military Academy at 'West Point'...
"...assisted by 'Edgar Allan Poe', a young cadet at the academy..."
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"...in 1830, detective 'Augustus Landor' investigates a series of killings at the US Military Academy at 'West Point'...
"...assisted by 'Edgar Allan Poe', a young cadet at the academy..."
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- 1/21/2023
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
New year, new Netflix! January 2023’s slate can keep viewers entertained amidst all the gray skies and rainstorms, with new original films like “Dog Gone” starring Rob Lowe to classics like “Forrest Gump” starring Tom Hanks. Those who can’t get enough of the adrenaline of “Top Gun: Maverick” can stream the original film on Netflix now, too.
Other genres well-represented in the batch of new titles on Netflix in January include the whodunnit and rom-com, with several options like “The Pale Blue Eye” and “You People” landing as Netflix originals. For those in a more serious mood, “Brokeback Mountain” is now available. “Minions: The Rise of Gru” promises fun for the whole family with Illumination animation, child-favorite characters and a throwback to songs of the seventies for parents.
Here are some of the best new movies to watch on Netflix in January 2023:
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The 25 Best New Movies...
Other genres well-represented in the batch of new titles on Netflix in January include the whodunnit and rom-com, with several options like “The Pale Blue Eye” and “You People” landing as Netflix originals. For those in a more serious mood, “Brokeback Mountain” is now available. “Minions: The Rise of Gru” promises fun for the whole family with Illumination animation, child-favorite characters and a throwback to songs of the seventies for parents.
Here are some of the best new movies to watch on Netflix in January 2023:
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- 1/15/2023
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
Actor Sebastian Croft has responded to a backlash over his involvement in the Harry Potter video game Hogwarts Legacy.
The forthcoming game, which stars Croft in a leading role, has faced calls for a boycott over Jk Rowling’s views on trans rights.
Rowling, the creator of Harry Potter, has drawn criticism from LGBT+ fans and organisations over comments she has made regarding transgender rights. The author has denied accusations of transphobia.
Last week, it was announced that Croft would be voicing one of two playable characters in Hogwarts Legacy, a high-budget role-playing game set in the world of Harry Potter.
Croft is best known for starring in Heartstopper, a Netflix teen drama series that was celebrated for its LGBT+ representation and themes.
Responding to criticism surrounding his involvment in Hogwarts Legacy, Croft affirmed his support for trans rights.
“I was cast in this project over three years ago, back...
The forthcoming game, which stars Croft in a leading role, has faced calls for a boycott over Jk Rowling’s views on trans rights.
Rowling, the creator of Harry Potter, has drawn criticism from LGBT+ fans and organisations over comments she has made regarding transgender rights. The author has denied accusations of transphobia.
Last week, it was announced that Croft would be voicing one of two playable characters in Hogwarts Legacy, a high-budget role-playing game set in the world of Harry Potter.
Croft is best known for starring in Heartstopper, a Netflix teen drama series that was celebrated for its LGBT+ representation and themes.
Responding to criticism surrounding his involvment in Hogwarts Legacy, Croft affirmed his support for trans rights.
“I was cast in this project over three years ago, back...
- 1/15/2023
- by Louis Chilton
- The Independent - TV
Sometimes, all it takes is six words to ruin a good thing. “Adapted from the hit video game.” When it comes to film and TV, there are few phrases more ominous. And yet, since the early days of gaming, ill-fated live-action adaptations have kept popping up. Occasionally, the efforts have lived on in infamy: think of Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo’s bafflingly misconceived Super Mario Bros. (1993). Or the gaudy, incomprehensible Assassin’s Creed (2016). Or Hitman – a game so nice, they adapted it twice (both times with truly execrable results). So when it was announced that HBO would be adapting The Last of Us, one of the most acclaimed video games ever made, into a new big budget TV series, it’s fair to say that even the most diehard fans had reason for trepidation.
On the surface, The Last of Us – a gritty post-apocalyptic road narrative about a jaded, grief-stricken...
On the surface, The Last of Us – a gritty post-apocalyptic road narrative about a jaded, grief-stricken...
- 1/14/2023
- by Louis Chilton
- The Independent - TV
Photo: ‘The Pale Blue Eye’
‘The Pale Blue Eye’ is a contemplative film about the mysterious death of a West Point cadet. Detective Augustus Landor (a stoic and dutiful Christian Bale) is put on the case by the academy generals. Aiding him is none other than doom-and-gloom poet extraordinaire Edgar Allen Poe, then a young West Point cadet himself. An expert in deduction and an expert in language, they team up to slowly unravel just what exactly happened on that cold fateful night of Leroy Fry’s death. Things to do: Subscribe to The Hollywood Insider’s YouTube Channel, by clicking here. Limited Time Offer – Free Subscription to The Hollywood Insider Click here to read more on The Hollywood Insider’s vision, values and mission statement here – Media has the responsibility to better our world – The Hollywood Insider fully focuses on substance and meaningful entertainment, against gossip and scandal, by combining entertainment,...
‘The Pale Blue Eye’ is a contemplative film about the mysterious death of a West Point cadet. Detective Augustus Landor (a stoic and dutiful Christian Bale) is put on the case by the academy generals. Aiding him is none other than doom-and-gloom poet extraordinaire Edgar Allen Poe, then a young West Point cadet himself. An expert in deduction and an expert in language, they team up to slowly unravel just what exactly happened on that cold fateful night of Leroy Fry’s death. Things to do: Subscribe to The Hollywood Insider’s YouTube Channel, by clicking here. Limited Time Offer – Free Subscription to The Hollywood Insider Click here to read more on The Hollywood Insider’s vision, values and mission statement here – Media has the responsibility to better our world – The Hollywood Insider fully focuses on substance and meaningful entertainment, against gossip and scandal, by combining entertainment,...
- 1/13/2023
- by Zachary DePiore
- Hollywood Insider - Substance & Meaningful Entertainment
This post contains spoilers for the ending of "The Pale Blue Eye."
With a 130-minute runtime, Netflix's "The Pale Blue Eye," based on the novel by Louis Bayard, reaches a fiery climax with about half an hour left to go. Just when you think it's over and detective Augustus Landor (Christian Bale) has solved the central murder mystery, the movie keeps going, delivering a final twist ending on top of that.
Viewers are with Landor the whole film as he investigates the grisly death and organ removal of more than one cadet at the West Point military academy with the help of his new friend, Edgar Allan Poe (Harry Melling). Suspicion falls on the Marquis family, and in a histrionic scene, we see three members of that family, including Poe's love interest, Lea Marquis (Lucy Boynton), about to remove his telltale heart in a Satanic ritual.
Landor comes to...
With a 130-minute runtime, Netflix's "The Pale Blue Eye," based on the novel by Louis Bayard, reaches a fiery climax with about half an hour left to go. Just when you think it's over and detective Augustus Landor (Christian Bale) has solved the central murder mystery, the movie keeps going, delivering a final twist ending on top of that.
Viewers are with Landor the whole film as he investigates the grisly death and organ removal of more than one cadet at the West Point military academy with the help of his new friend, Edgar Allan Poe (Harry Melling). Suspicion falls on the Marquis family, and in a histrionic scene, we see three members of that family, including Poe's love interest, Lea Marquis (Lucy Boynton), about to remove his telltale heart in a Satanic ritual.
Landor comes to...
- 1/13/2023
- by Joshua Meyer
- Slash Film
If you’ve watched the new Netflix mystery drama, The Pale Blue Eye, then you’ve seen a work of fiction in which a young cadet named Edgar Allan Poe (Harry Melling) helps Detective Augustus Landor (Christian Bale) in his attempts to solve a series of murders at New York’s West Point Military Academy.
Of course while the real-life Poe did in fact attend West Point, the man is much better known as the legendary author, poet, literary critic, and editor who is widely regarded as the inventor of detective fiction, a major proponent of the short story, and one of the foundational writers of the horror genre. You know the names of his most iconic tales: “The Pit and the Pendulum,” “Masque of the Red Death,” “The Tell-Tale Heart,” “The Black Cat,” and so on. They’ve become part of popular culture ever since the man’s premature...
Of course while the real-life Poe did in fact attend West Point, the man is much better known as the legendary author, poet, literary critic, and editor who is widely regarded as the inventor of detective fiction, a major proponent of the short story, and one of the foundational writers of the horror genre. You know the names of his most iconic tales: “The Pit and the Pendulum,” “Masque of the Red Death,” “The Tell-Tale Heart,” “The Black Cat,” and so on. They’ve become part of popular culture ever since the man’s premature...
- 1/13/2023
- by Don Kaye
- Den of Geek
Written and directed by Scott Cooper, Netflix’s The Pale Blue Eye gazes on the young poet Edgar Allan Poe, played by Harry Melling, who would go on to invent the detective mystery with his short story “Murders at the Rue Morgue.” Based on Louis Bayard’s 2006 novel, The Pale Blue Eye is set in 1830 at the West Point Military Academy where the body of Cadet Leroy Fry (Matt Heim) is found hanging from a tree with his heart cut out of his chest.
Poe entered West Point as a cadet on July 1, 1830. By October he had enough of the regiment and got himself purposely court-martialed, refusing to attend formations, classes, or church services. Poe was tried for gross neglect of duty and disobedience of orders on Feb. 8, 1831. Knowing he would be found guilty, Poe pled not guilty to ensure the final verdict would get him kicked out.
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Poe entered West Point as a cadet on July 1, 1830. By October he had enough of the regiment and got himself purposely court-martialed, refusing to attend formations, classes, or church services. Poe was tried for gross neglect of duty and disobedience of orders on Feb. 8, 1831. Knowing he would be found guilty, Poe pled not guilty to ensure the final verdict would get him kicked out.
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- 1/12/2023
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
Netflix kicked off 2023 by dropping a thrilling mystery-drama with a star-studded cast - "The Pale Blue Eye," starring Christian Bale, Lucy Boynton ("Bohemian Rhapsody"), and Gillian Anderson. The film follows 1830s detective Augustus Landor (Bale) as he teams up with Edgar Allen Poe (Harry Melling) to solve a series of murders in West Point, NY.
While "The Pale Blue Eye" includes American detective novelist and poet Edgar Allen Poe as a character, it is not based on a true story. The murder mystery, however, does include ties to real-life events that occurred in the American literary genius's life. Read on to find out which true facts were included in the streamer's film adaptation of Louis Bayard's novel by the same name.
What Is True About Edgar Allen Poe in "The Pale Blue Eye"?
In the film, tenured detective Landor is enlisted to investigate murders at the United States Military Academy at West Point.
While "The Pale Blue Eye" includes American detective novelist and poet Edgar Allen Poe as a character, it is not based on a true story. The murder mystery, however, does include ties to real-life events that occurred in the American literary genius's life. Read on to find out which true facts were included in the streamer's film adaptation of Louis Bayard's novel by the same name.
What Is True About Edgar Allen Poe in "The Pale Blue Eye"?
In the film, tenured detective Landor is enlisted to investigate murders at the United States Military Academy at West Point.
- 1/9/2023
- by Simrin Purhar
- Popsugar.com
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